Fortified
Barolo Chinato Perin
By Conterno Fantino, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barolo infused with over 50 herbs, flowers and spices, aged in French oak. First vintage 2004, about 2,500 bottles in 500 ml and 1000 ml sizes.
Tasting notes
Brick red with garnet hues. Intense nose of citrus fruit, quinine and mountain herbs that combine with classic Barolo notes. Bursting with flavour in the mouth, it opens with a hint of sweetness followed by a bitter aftertaste. Barolo from a single vintage.
Technical details
- Style
- Fortified
- Denomination
- Barolo Chinato
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Vineyards in the zone of Monforte d'Alba
- Soil
- White, silt with sand, highly calcareous
- Exposure
- South-east
- Harvest
- Hand-picked around mid-October at optimal ripeness
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training; density 4,500 to 5,000 vines per ha; slope 30%; altitude 250 m above sea level; yield 5.5 to 6 t/ha (37 to 40 hl/ha)
- Vinification
- Maceration and alcoholic fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks; malolactic fermentation in wood. Ageing: French oak of various dimensions. Aromatization: over 50 different herbs, flowers and spices infused directly in Barolo wine; the wine is racked with sugar and alcohol added
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